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Post by Flying Monkeys on Feb 20, 2019 22:46:56 GMT
It's a very long time since I saw the original and read the book, so this was really completely new ground.
Highly rated, in my view. The first third is very grim prison stuff (this is the 30's, in a shit-hole colony). The pace changes distinctly when we get to solitary confinement, which is the point really, and then picks up when back in the general prison population.
Annoyingly, most write-ups and reviews imply that Charriere is sentenced to life on Devil's Island from the start. This is not the case, he only gets sent to Devil's Island towards the end.
Anyway, recommend. 7.9/10.
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Post by Lilith on Feb 20, 2019 23:27:34 GMT
I didn't even know they did a remake of this.
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Post by Joc Spader on Feb 21, 2019 1:10:26 GMT
I didn't even know they did a remake of this. This. And I was afraid the new version is some black rainbow transgendered unicorn now.
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